Claim · #6492289
Fiorinia externa · pest pressure · Tsuga canadensis
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“trees have been killed within ten years”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Fiorinia externa is a well-documented armored scale pest of Tsuga canadensis, feeding on needle undersides causing chlorosis, defoliation, and documented tree mortality; source quote supports the 10-year mortality claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Fiorinia externa is a well-documented armored scale (Diaspididae) feeding on Tsuga canadensis needles; 10-year mortality timeline and needle-underside feeding are consistent with published IPM literature.”
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